Chapter 1: And We Must Be Brave

Sunrise in Ethernia was always a sight to behold, bringing out the beauty of the land. Even the Horde infested Fright Zone looked nice at this time of day. The Kingdom of Snows sparkled like a diamond, the rays of the sun making the ice shine. The flowers in Plumeria reach up to soak in the light, opening up their petals and showing off their color. Salinaes' waters began to twinkle in the light as they kept hitting the city walls. Shadows stretched over Dryl, the sun showing off the kingdom's grand architecture. The hidden kingdom of Mystacor danced in the sky, floating in place as the sun came up and passed them. None of these places compared to Bright Moon at sunrise. every nook and cranny came alive with energy and life, glimmering with hope for all to see. 

Which did not include Adora, who was currently fast asleep. 

She began squirming around, trying to grab something without waking up. Unfortunately, she squirmed around too much and fell out of her bed and onto the floor.

"Urg..." Adora regretfully opened up her eyes, groaning and moaning as she tried to get a sense of her surroundings. Hadn't she gotten over the whole 'falling out of the very tall bed thing' already? According to today, apparently not.

"Oh, I didn't think it could get worse..." she slowly stood up and began stretching, trying to lessen the aches running up and down her. That last fight with Catra really put her through the ringer, even putting aside the whole realty-crumbling-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see fact. Falling onto the floor only aggravated those pains. A hot bath was certainly in order, especially if the First Ones wanted to go over more physical combat skills with She-Ra later on.

Adora let out a huge yawn before she felt her a couple of her bones pop. Going back to sleep now was pointless since the sun was up. She'd only get a few more moments before Bow came in telling her not to sleep the day away, followed up by Glimmer teleporting onto her bed and yanking the sheets off.

"Morning, Adora."

"Morning, Glimmer. Good to see you– what are you doing in here?"

Adora rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't imagining things. There Glimmer was, sitting on the window seat, looking over Bright Moon.

"Oh, you know," Glimmer shrugged. "Just... thinking."

"What kind of thinking?" Adora plopped down on the other side of the window seat.

"Just normal thinking about normal stuff."

"Right, normal thinking. Not processing-what-just-happened thinking."

"Totally not that!" Glimmer's voice cracked on the last word.The two sat in silence, watching what remained of the sunrise.

"You know," Adora began, "if you wanna talk about it, I'm here to listen."

"Not really," Glimmer pulled her legs to her chest.

"You sure?" Adora asked, trying to push the envelope as much as she could.

"I'm sure... I don't wanna think about it unless I have to."

"Got it..." Adora clicked her tongue. She shuffled around a little, the air heavy with unspoken words. It's not like Adora could blame Glimmer. Even if Angelica was alive, she was sealed away. Sure, Etheria was safe from being ripped apart by space-time itself, but nothing felt right. It had barely been a day and the lack of one prominent face was already very noticeable. While Adora had never had a good mother, she couldn't help but think about how heartbroken Glimmer must be.

Hopefully she would open up soon.

And yet, dozens of dimensions away, another planet dealt with a less disastrous situation. Most specifically at New York... on a young girl's house. Makena's.

"Make yourselves at home!" Makena smiled at her two guests, Georgine and Utopix, while trying to unlock the door. 

"Oh, this'll be fun!" Utopix excitedly waited by Georgine's side, who kept him close at all times. It hadn't been weeks since she decided to confess her love to him by printing her lips on his... yet she decided to protect him with such ferocity and valor. 

"Why, hello!" Gabriel greeted the two lovebirds, leaning near Oliver's grumpy self.

"Hello, guys!" Utopix immediately reacted at his interaction by happily waving at him, unlike Georgine who glanced away at the discomfort of noticing Oliver there. Not that she cared, but she'd rather not deal with it right now.

"Oh, shoot..." she spoke out like a curse. 

Hours have passed and Georgine had explained the uncomfortable situation that Utopix and her had to face earlier that week: a doppelgänger barging in her house and intimidating Utopix... letting him know of his existence. 

"A doppelgänger?" Makena asked in concern.

"Yeah... We saw him a few days ago," Georgine replied, keeping her head low.

"What did he look like?" Makena added another question as she handed her a pencil and a blank piece of paper for her to sketch the stranger's face. She knew that such ability was one of Georgine's skills, so it'd be easy for her to try and replicate the unwanted individual's features. It wasn't that hard to remember it either. She had checked Uto's, as she called him, video log to understand what had happened that night. 

"Kinda like Uto, but his hair was..." Georgine allowed the pencil to do the work for her.

After she was done sketching, she allowed her body to rest against the chair she was sitting on. Makena's hand rested on Georgine's shoulders as she contemplated the illustration. 

"Oh." Makena didn't know what else to expect. The illustration looked quite like Utopix, just a tad bit different.

"Every good villain needs a name!" Gabriel interfered into their conversation as he prepared a chess board to keep Oliver entertained. "What about 'Otu'?" Gabriel's imagination run wild as the doppelgänger-needs-to-kill-the-hero situation was placed upon him. It bothered Georgine at times, but for once she'd let it pass.

"I guess so..." she said, holding the illustration near her face. "Takara must have sent him to take us off guard." Georgine assumed. "'Otu' managed to turn off Sabrina..." she added.

"That's awful..." Makena's concern instantly invaded her once more. "I-Is she okay? Oliver can fix her!!"

"Enlighten me," Georgine held Sabrina's... body up which was covered by a blanket which easily slipped off.

Oliver immediately analyzed the problem and decided to reveal his diagnosis. "If she's turned off, then she'll eventually turn back on. We can't force it." 

Utopix's curiosity jumped at his words. "How do you know that?" It's not that he was amused that a foreigner knew basic Sardkenofian technology. It was the fact that he quickly came to a conclusion without hesitating... why? Oliver nearly stuttered, his head trying to come up with an excuse to satisfy the robot's curiosity.

"Checkmate!" Gabriel shouted; easily winning the chess game that Oliver barely paid attention to. 

"Let's just get to fight practice already." Georgine merely seemed to suggest.

Once they were all at the bluntly painted basement, Georgine began wrapping some sport tape around her knuckles. 

"Tsk... Mine is a lot better," Oliver commented on Makena's basement, as if there was supposed to be something more than just that.

"Lil' brat." Georgine shook her head as a mere reaction. "Either way, just watch and learn for now."

Makena giggled at their interaction, attracting her sweet kitten Smokey who simply posed by her. "Aww, Smokey..." she caressed him, attempting to make him sleepy.

But miles above the sky, that intimidating doppelgänger was being submitted to horrid punishment. His skin barely holding itself together after the many punches and slaps that Takara exposed him to. His target of destroying Utopix Alle Jones had been consumed by the slightest feeling in his non-existent heart. But he hadn't shown any sign of it when he paid him a visit, so what was really going on?

"I gave you a target and you failed miserably, 36." Takara angrily spoke to "Otu", a.k.a. as Experiment 36, merely giving the idea that she had tried this sort-of thing before. "Hit it." Takara ordered Blu, her other henchman, to activate the oh-so-painful electricity that ran across Otu's body mercilessly. "I hope that you don't disappoint me again," her voice delivering a statement and a threat.

"Ma'am... It seems that the squad has moved location." Blu pointed out as he observed the main screen.

"Where are they right now?"

"Ameritania Hotel."

"Okay, 36." Takara glanced at him, who was trying his best to recover from such treatment. "This'll be your chance to prove that you're not useless," she said, assigning him his next mission. "Make sure Uto suffers." Her usage of Georgine's nickname for Utopix in Otu's ears made him tremble, fully engaging into his armor.

The gang, unbothered by any of the events that had happened during that week, decided to sneak in one of the bedrooms at Ameritania Hotel, one of the most prestigious hotels in New York. They didn't complain... Georgine had done some very sketchy in the past: breaking into cars of her friends' exes, graffiting a bully's garage door, among other things.

"How come that they let us in?" Utopix watched the rain slipping down the window's glass.

"The receptionist's a friend of mine." Georgine replied, as if their presence wasn't a problem that could said person fired.

"Oh, that's cool!" Utopix united to the unbothered feeling that the others were in. 

"So, why are we here exactly?"

"You kidding? Free food!" Gabriel cheered up, as Oliver was munching on a couple of chips from a big bowl.

Suddenly, a lightning stroke in the sky, catching Utopix's attention but also making him flinch. Georgine found it adorable. She'd assume that Sardkenof had a climate similar to Earth's, but it seemed that he was mostly bothered by the sound than anything else. 

"It happens when it rains," she simply commented on it, placing a hand on his shoulder for reassurance.

"Well, it's horrible..." Utopix caressed his other arm in discomfort, despite feeling Georgine's.

"It doesn't have to be if you don't want it to." Georgine's fingers gently brushed his hand, meaning to intertwine said fingers with his. 

"You look so adorable together!" Makena's head popped from underneath the sheets she was hiding in. 

"Oh, shut up. We were too." Georgine objected, recalling the time that they used to share said feelings back in their youth.

"Earthlings date the same gender?" Utopix learned something new from their culture, to say the least.

"Yeah, but some are picky about it." Georgine added to said information.

But their heartfelt moment was interrupted by a blurry dark maroon sight from the other side of the window. "Uh, guys... Is that who I think it is?" Gabriel commented on it.

"Oh no..." Georgine instinctively placed her arm in front of Utopix, despite the other not having entered the building yet.

How horrid was it for Utopix to be able to contemplate Otu's smirk from afar, letting him know that something was going to be wrong, that something was going to happen. Either to him, or his new friends. As if called by a cue, Utopix's arms were wrapped around Georgine's chest to stop her from any sudden movement. 

"Goddamn it. It's that punk again!" Georgine leaned against the window, bringing Utopix forward with her. 

Makena's motherly nature kicked in. "Georgie, language!"

Takara thought that she had them all under her grasp, that she'd finally be crowned victorious after many weeks of wanting to eliminate what was, supposedly, left of the Jones family. But not just yet. Before Oliver could create any plan of defense, a big blast of lightning had hit the sky once again, making Utopix flinch yet again and refuge on Georgine's strong arms. 

And suddenly... silence. 

The gang took a better look at the sky from the window. Four of them knew what New York's weather was like, and it clearly wasn't like that. Seconds later, a minuscule purple light appeared on the center of gray cloudy sky, obliterating every piece of darkness 'round every corner in seconds. 

"What in the name of the sweet heck is that!?" Gabriel shouted in both fear and excitement. 

Oliver quickly jumped to a conclusion. Again. "It's a wormhole... A portal! Get out of here! Now!" He pressed a button on his smart watch; equipping Makena, Gabriel and Georgine with special gear that they had grabbed beforehand.

Georgine immediately scooped Utopix in her arms, running downstairs and to the hotel's entrance. As they joined the sea of people evacuating the hotel, the bright light shone brighter, vacuuming everything on its way. Cars, signs, trees... even people.

"Makena!" Georgine shouted in desperation, witnessing how her friends were lifted up into the sky and disappearing into the hole in the sky. Her feet meant to stick to the ground to the best of her ability, but a fire hydrant had prevented her from doing so. 

"W-Where are we going!?" Utopix's eyes were closed, his hands gripped onto Georgine's back whenever he felt their weight being lighted. His eyes shredding tears, fearing what might happen next. 

"Just... close your eyes." Georgine, out of options, embraced him closely as their bodies entered the purple-esque portal.

Otu observed in shock, until a dreadful voice in his communicator snapped him back to reality. "Well!? What are you waiting for, 36? Follow them!" Takara demanded from him, meaning to sacrifice him if it meant that the others had been obliterated by whatever there was in that portal. Hesitantly, but firmly, Otu rocketed from the roof he was standing on and onto the remaining waves of the terrifying portal. 

And just like that, the portal was closed. As if someone had pulled a switch and turned it off... or more likely, a sword.

The tan-haired girl had waited for a light... a soft voice that'd wake her up saying 'Welcome to Heaven', or anything at all. Instead, her eyes had opened to a soft colored sky. Gentle chirps and water waves made her realize that she was somewhere else. A pair of blinks helped her double-vision adjust to a strange one-eyed creature that shouted once it notice that she was conscious to which she yelled and slapped it off, making it run off to the purple-tainted trees. "W-What is...?" her hands felt the sharp glass around her but also alerted her of something else. "Utopix... Uto! UTO!"

"G-Georgie!" Utopix's frighted voice cried out from one of the trees, holding onto one of its branches for dear life. "H-Help..."

"It's okay, baby. Just let go," her arms were open-wide to catch him in case he fell.

Utopix's eyes widened at the idea and immediately shook his head in disapproval. "H-Hmm!"

"It's okay, sweetie. I'll catch you, I promise." 

"G-Georg-AH!!" 

Without any more words escaping from his mouth, the branch decided to break. Thankfully, his loved one had catch him perfectly, avoiding any accidents. "Are you okay, lovely?" Her emerald eyes stared into his with an expression of I-told-you-so, nearly smirking at his reaction. 

"D-Don't do that..." 

"Do what? Hmm?" Her nose ran up his sensitive neck, occasionally peppering it with gentle kisses, making him giggle as a soft tone of green appeared on his cheeks. 

"Utopix? Georgine?" Oliver grunted as he massaged his head from the rough landing. "W-What? Where are we?"

"OLIVER!" Gabriel ran up to him, hugging his sides, not wanting to let go. "I thought you were dead! I thought I was dead!"

"What the- uh! Let go of me!"

"Never!"

Georgine snickered at their somewhat-sweet reunion, placing Utopix to a side as she helped Makena get up from the strangely colored grass. "Are you okay?"

"Y-Yes... Where are we?"

"I have no idea," she clenched her fists as she observed the unntreathening space. "We better get moving." 

Once again, Georgine scooped Utopix from the ground, keeping him close to her warm chest. "Sorry, I should've asked."

"N-No. It's okay. I-I like it."

Her voice lowly hummed, turning into a chuckle. Her face leaned once again near his, planting a kiss on his triangle-painted cheek. Once she started walking, the others followed closed by... not noticing who had followed them.

"36. State your location," Takara's face appeared on Otu's wrist communicator.

"Unknown." Otu quietly spoke. Probably one of the few times he was allowed to do so.

"If you survived, then that means they did too! Follow them and wait for instructions. Is that clear?" 

Otu took a deep breath. Despite being born a few days ago, his opinion of Takara had quickly worsened with time. "Yes." He immediately ended their interaction, making sure to go unnoticed  as he sneaked around the shadows of the forest.

Eventually, the five individuals reached the entrance of the gorgeous golden castle, unsure of what to expect. "Halt there!" General Juliet stopped them from going any further. "What is your business in Bright Moon?"

"Bright Moon?" Georgine concluded that that's where they have ended up at.

"We just want to know what's going on," Makena kindly asked. "I don't think we're supposed to be here."

"Think!?" The guard seemed to nearly fly away when she flinched. "What is that even supposed to-?" 

"Calm down, general." A shadowy figure approached the entrance, but didn't seem to change any of its appearance once it stepped into the light... Shadow Weaver. "I'll take it from here. You go fetch... Princess Glimmer." The general left after letting out a long sigh and doing as she was told. "I don't take orders from you. I shall look for Bow who can look for Glimmer with more ease." Shadow Weaver rolled her eyes upon her statement.

Georgine's trust pattern was instantly altered upon Shadow Weaver's attitude. The way she spoke, the manner of her walking, how her hair swung around like a sharpen knife... she had seen it all before. Her hands gently gripped Utopix's thigh and arm... once he felt it, he looked up at her, then at Shadow Weaver. A similar pattern had fallen onto him as well... oh, brother. 

"I apologize for the unfelt welcoming, though I must ask... what brings you here so unexpectedly?" her dark eyes narrowed at that last word."I think we'll wait for the princess' arrival to discuss that matter," Georgine refrained from answering the question. Her hands kept Utopix even closer to her than ever.

"Very well, then. I suggest you wait in the throne room unless you wanna be seen by... unexpected guests." Shadow Weaver turned around, leaving them to their amusement. 

Unexpected guests? Georgine then considered that there might have been something else in that region even worse than her... Not liked she trusted the other's jurisdiction, but she'd want to avoid any casualties for Utopix's sake, so she entered the palace after the others had gone in.

"Oh. My. Gosh." Bow nearly jumped on his toes as General Juliet gave him the news. "New people!? L-Like- what? Horde soldiers? Princesses?" he then gasped as an epiphany hit him. "What if they're here from a broken dimension and want to take our souls!?"

"Bow! Just go find the princess, please! Once we know what's going on with... them, I'll decide what to do."

"Okay!" he then stopped his tracks and turned around to see her. "...why are you making me get Glimmer and not you?"

"Just GO!" Juliet seemed to nearly spit fire at him.

After Bow finally snapped from his fanboying illusions, he breathed deeply before entering Glimmer's room, noticing Adora and Glimmer standing near each other... and rightfully so. 

Chapter 4: Fear in the Fright Zone

Utopix had gotten used to the fact of being kidnapped by people with strange intentions. But this time he was completely out of it. He woke up to a strange dark green cell. The floor was cold, instantly giving him shivers down his spine. He planned to move around the cell but the glowing green cuffs on his wrists stopped him from doing so. His ears picked on the sound of someone’s footsteps. Two persons. His heart hopefully waited that it was someone familiar.

“Good morning, little guy.” Catra greeted the one in her sarcastic manner, accompanied by Otu. “Did you have a good night sleep?”

“W-Where am I? Where’s Georgine? W-What did you do to her!?” Utopix tried to get up but the cuffs pushed him back down.

Catra laughed at his failed attempt. “Oh, wow! You’re so fiery like the glitter princess! No wonder she let you stay at her castle.”

Utopix glanced at Otu with a saddened look, but he instantly faced away, avoiding his eye contact. “What do you want from me?”

“I heard from a certain source that you hold an incredible power.” Catra scratched the shield of the cell containing Utopix as she talked. “And that power could be very useful to Lord Hordak. And I don't think you’d want to see him mad.”

His hand reached to his chest, gulping dryly at the meaning of her words. “M-My main core... but-” Utopix glanced at Otu once more. “I-If I do it, then I-I’ll... I’ll di-”

“Oh, no, no! It’s not my call to make, sweetheart.” Catra interjected, clearly lying in her statement. Her hand then turned off the shield to enter the cell with him as Otu turned the shield back on. “But if you refuse... I promise you... that not even Adora will be here to save you.” Her words entered Utopix’s ears menacingly, tears beginning to form on his eyes. 

“D-Don’t...” Utopix stared into nothingness, despite having Otu in front of him. “Y-You’d never-” 

Catra held the side of his face aggressively, her eyes staring into his as a threat. “Who do you think opened the portal that nearly destroyed everything?” 

Her smirk made Utopix tremble. The fear in his body didn’t allow him to stand up anymore, falling onto his knees as he released the rest of his tears. Sobbing as the cat let him to his own pity. 

“I suggest you move quickly, Utopix. Would hate if something happened to you.” Catra left with Otu, letting out an evil laugh as she disappeared from his sights.

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“She left us! I can't believe she left us after telling me to stay behind!” Adora shouted in anger as she walked around the room, waving her finger around like a disapproving mother.

“Adora...” Makena tried to interfere in her ranting.

“She might still think that I’m not good enough to fight near her! Everyone likes me! I like She-Ra! Everyone likes She-Ra!” Adora kept on rampaging and babbling around, feeling near the brink of madness.

“Adora!” Oliver shouted, placing his hands on her shoulders to stop her from walking any further. “Let’s just calm down and figure out how we’re gonna get them both.”

Adora was no stranger to the fact she had a bad habit of blaming herself for everything. Carrying the weight of the world in a sword wasn’t exactly the most stressless task out there. Despite the fact she knew there were things out of her control, she couldn’t help but pester herself over not doing everything she could to make sure things were perfect.

Utopix’s capture was just the newest addition to that list.

Upon getting back to Bright Moon, she had retreated behind the castle, keeping close to the cliffs that guarded Bright Moon. She wasn’t quite in the mood for dealing with more people, after telling them that she watched Catra take away their new friend that they swore to protect. It was a bit cruel that Georgine left with all that responsibility, but she could handle it. Maybe she’d come back and then inform the other princesses of what happened, and Adora wouldn’t have to break the news nor deal with any more guilt.

Some Princess of Power she was.

“Adora?” A familiar voice called out.

“Bow?” She replied on instinct before quickly covering her mouth.

“Adora!” Bow walked into her sight, pushing away a stray bush. “What are you doing back here?”

“How’d you even know I was back here?”

“I caught a glimpse of you coming over here,” Bow explained. “You looked really upset, the kind where you don’t wanna deal with anyone or anything. So I put myself in your shoes and then asked myself where I’d go if I wanted to avoid people.” He rested his fingers on his chin, as if deep in thought. “Certainly not in the castle, where anyone could walk in. The woods are off the table too, since someone would probably see me go into them. All that’s really left is somewhere tucked away outside, and it’s pretty tucked away behind the castle.”

“One point for team Bow,” she weakly raised a fist up in celebration. She lowered her fist back down. “But if you knew I wanted to be alone, then why did you come?”

“Simple,” Bow sat down next to her. “You needed to talk with someone about what happened, get it out of your system.”

“Didn’t Georgine already fill you in?”

“No, she hasn’t come back yet, or maybe she has and she’s hiding like you are.”

Adora lowered her head, remembering her absence. “I was kinda hoping that she’d explain everything for me,” Adora admitted.

“You don’t need to rush your answer, but what happened?”

Adora let out a long sigh. “...Utopix got captured by Catra.”

Bow bit down on his lip.

“I wanted to go after him,” she continued. “But Georgine said we couldn’t risk his safety by chasing after him with no real plan. So I had to let him go.”

“And you feel guilty for that.”

“Another point for team Bow,” she tried to smile, but it just felt awkward.

“You didn’t want to break the news to the others, so you ducked away to think over what you could have done differently.”

“You sure you aren’t a mind reader?” Adora asked.

“Nope. Only things I’m good at are archery and reading other people’s emotions.”

“You’re damn good at that last one.”

The two sat in silence for a while. Adora didn't really want to say anything else, and Bow was probably busy thinking of some sort of reply.

“You know,” Bow began, “just because you were there doesn’t mean every wrong thing is your fault.”

“Still, I can’t help but wonder what would have happened if I just moved. Maybe if I hadn’t let Catra getaway, maybe if I fought a little more, Utopix would still be with us.”

“Or maybe things wouldn’t be so good,” Bow countered. “You’d drive yourself mad if you keep going over all these alternate possibilities.”

“I guess so,” Adora sighed. Still, she was a leader, and a leader should be able to protect everyone. A leader should be able to make sure everyone was safe and all together. A leader should make sure nothing ever went wrong.

“Adora,” Bow said, “if you’re too focused on what you could have done, then you won’t be able to do anything to help get him back.”

“Huh?”

“I trust you enough to know you did everything you could back there,” Bow explained. “It might not have been the outcome you wanted, but you did everything you could. Now we can take the next step forward and create a plan so foolproof, Catra won’t even know what hit her!”

“You sure about that?”

“Positive,” Bow gave a confident smile. “This time you’ll have the whole team behind you. We won’t stop ‘till Utopix is back!”

Adora felt a genuine smile grace her face. “Thanks, Bow,” she leaned in for a hug. “I really needed to hear that.”

“Of course,” Bow returned the hug. “Now, let’s go find the others so we can start making that plan.”

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The Fright Zone’s usual eerie aura seemed to grow stronger with what was happening indoors. Catra had offered Utopix to Lord Hordak as if he was a peace offering after the disatrous failure that the portal caused. Which he gladly accepted.

“Fascinating,” Hordak’s fingers ran through Utopix’s dark locks, making the poor robot whimper. “It’s a fine specimen for your level of expertise.”

“He will help us recover from my.... our casualty with the rebellion.” Catra firmly reassured. “If we wait for the princesses to do any moves, it could mess up the plan.”

“How do you intend to use the core you speak of?” Hordak’s eyes narrowed at the rebellious cat.

Just in cue, Otu jumped from the shadows surrounding the lab and next to Catra. “Lord Hordak. Meet number 36. The new addition to the Horde. He came from the same place that the robot did and knows how to handle everything.”

“O-Otu...” Utopix quietly whispered, frowning as he looked up at him. 

“The core will create a great weapon! If we use it against the Princesses’ Rebellion, we’ll be able to conquer most of Etheria!” Catra’s tail wagged around as she proposed her next plan.

Hordak walked around the lab, staying quiet for most of her speech until he finally had something to say. “If your insolence costs us like the last time, I’ll personally see to it.”

Catra nearly gulped. Perfectly knowing that it was a promise.

“Remove the robot’s core as soon as you can and bring it to me when you're finished. Dismissed.”

Catra lowly growled and dragged Utopix out of the room, yanking the cable connected to his cuffs. Utopix’s heart clenched as they walked back to one of the compartments, awaiting his terrible fate; trusting that something or someone would act up on time. After Catra pushed Utopix against some locks placed on the walls, she went ahead and grabbed a taser in case he wanted to escape.

“...C-Catra, right?” Utopix softly spoke.

“Hmm,” she kept her sight locked on the taser, making sure that it worked properly by pressing the button a couple of times.

“Please... You don't have to do this. If Adora and the others--”

Catra then immediately threw the taser on the floor, scaring him unintentionally as she placed her hands on both of her sides. “Don't you DARE say that name again! I WILL dismantle you and I WILL create that weapon to finish those idiots once and for all!”

“No! Y-You don't know Adora like I do! S-She’s kind and cares about her friends... M-Maybe if you talked to her--”

Catra yelled furiously as she scratched the wall nearby in pure anger. “Shut up! Just shut up! Adora is NOT my friend! She never was! And I am NOT going to save her for a stupid and weak robot like YOU!” Her hand planted very near his face.

Utopix’s face was in genuine shock. The only person that had dared to speak that harsh to him ever was Gene. Oh, Gene... But his typical emotion poured out of his eyes once again. Long-lasting tears and uncontrollable sobs. Catra eventually snapped out of her sudden anger, catching her breath in long inhales and backing away from the crying robot. She then lowered her head, contemplating the long claws on her hands as if it actually meant something.

“...I-I’m sorry.” Utopix finally spoke.

Catra’s ears perked. “Why are you apologizing?”

“I-I didn't know that... you got hurt.”

Catra clenched her fists, feeling the sharpness of her claws nearly rupture her skin. “So what? It's not like you actually care.”

“A-And what if I do? You’d still kill me?” 

“Maybe I will,” she then reached for a sharp tool, making Utopix tremble. “Unless you still hold some secrets... and I'm going to get them all.”

“C-Catra... P-Please, listen to me...” his hands tried to shift around the tight locks. “D-Don’t do it!”

Otu turned around, clenching onto his arm, wishing to be anywhere else but there. Catra ran the tool down Utopix’s sweater, giving her access to his chest cavity and to his core. “36...” 

His whole body trembled, turning around to face her. Catra handed him the tool so he could make the first incision. “Go ahead.” 

Otu took a deep breath and leaned closer to him, but his hands betrayed him. They’d shake as the tool inched closer to his heart. Oh, how he wished that something in his head would play. A good memory. Anything that’d keep him from doing what he was about to do. But then his eyes averted to the scared one, seeing those distilling brown eyes made... something... palpitate. He never thought that he could see the stars in someone’s eyes. Yet, there they were. A single tear rolled down the counterpart’s cheek and then drove the tool deep inside...

...Catra’s leg.

While the cat yelled in pain, the half-glitched entity liberated the robot and ran out of the compartment, carrying him in his arms. Where? He didn't even know, but he needed to keep him away from the crazy cat as far as he could. Catra pressed the badge to alert Scorpia. “Scorpia!” She yelled in fury.

“Woah! Are you okay? You sound hu-!”

“36 defected! Send everyone after him! He escaped with the robot!”

Scorpia then alerted everyone else whom begun to look for the two. When the alarm went off, Otu ran as fast as he could to hide in one of the dark alleys. Once he set Utopix aside, he recovered his breath and crouched down to avoid anyone from seeing the two. 

“...W-Why?”

Otu turned around and looked at his counterpart. “W-Wha...”

“W-Why did you do it?” Utopix asked again.

“I... I-I don’t... I-I’m in--”

Utopix instantly hugged him, not meaning to let go. The other’s dark eyes seemed to illuminate at the strange yet comforting touch. Quite a difference from being electrocuted and punched all the time. His arms returned the unknown gesture as his hands ran down his bare back exposed by the ruined sweater. 

“O-Ow...” the poor robot softly whined as the gentle waves of energy ran down his spine.

“So sorry...” Otu immediately apologized, pulling his hands back from said place.

“I-It’s okay. I’m okay.” Utopix faintly smiled, holding onto his hands gently.

“Okay.” Otu nodded, scooping him up back again. “Let’s go.”

Utopix quietly giggled, planting a sweet kiss on his cheek, catching his counterpart off guard. “H-How come you never talked to me?”

“Don’t get cocky, Jones.”

Utopix giggled once again as the other ran out of their hiding spot and towards the exit. A pair of soldiers cornered the two. Otu lowly growled, keeping the other close to him at all times until a beam of light knocked the soldiers out.

“Georgie!” Utopix exclaimed at the sight of the angelic form of his lover.

Georgine smirked until she noticed Otu being the one carrying him and aimed her golden staff at him. “You again.”

“N-No, Georgie! H-He saved me!” Utopix waved his arms around to stop her from firing.

Georgine maintaned her aim, exhaled, and flicked her wrist to make the staff disappear. “Fine.” She then reached for him and pulled him gently from Otu to carry him instead.

“W-What are you doing here? Where’s the others?” Utopix held onto the back of her neck for support.

“I came alone. I couldn't risk the others to come get you.” Georgine’s light seemed to glorify under her statement. 

Utopix was dumbfounded for a moment until he came to a realization. “...you didn't tell them.”

“I couldn't.”

Otu walked near the two and stood loosely. “I’m afraid that we cannot stay around here any longer.”

Georgine furrowed her eyebrows upon his short speech. “Huh. You do talk.”

A massive ray of energy nearly blasted the trio. Otu then got in position to attack the soldiers that manage found them. Scorpia positioned herself near them and gasped at the sight of the angelic being. “Oh my gosh! Another She-Ra!? I can barely handle one, man!”

Georgine groaned in the similar fashion that Mermista does and summoned her staff. “Think you can drive them far?” The angel glanced at Otu who was ready to attack.

“With pleasure,” Otu smirked before rapidly moved against the soldiers like a cheetah, avoiding their shots and stomping on them to temporarily knock them out. His sight then placed on Scorpia. 

“Woah, woah! C’mon, 36! I don't wanna fight you!” The big one begun to step back.

Otu then grabbed one of the weapons from the Horde soldiers and aimed it at her. “Tell Catra that I’m done.” His statement made Scorpia frowned, filled by sadness of yet another comrade abandoning her. And it’d not be a great new for Catra. Otu narrowed his eyes, dropping the weapon and smashing it into a million pieces before ruining away with the two lovebirds.

Georgine made sure to stay low so she untransformed from her Zoulex form and changed to the AMR armor that Oliver gave her days ago. 

“What are you doing? We need to get out of here,” Otu lowly spoke.

“I am not planning to attract much attention to that form. Plus, we need to pass as unnoticed as we can.” Georgine peeked around the wall, noticing some soldiers walking by. “Now, follow my lead.”

Georgine ran against the two as she held Utopix tightly with one arm and beat one of the soldiers with the other. Otu quickly took care of the other soldiers with much ease as they got near an entrance that leaded to the Fright Zone’s junkyard. “Alright, we’re getting near the--” 

A ray blasted near her and immediately stopped to observe who had done it. Catra. She gripped the taser’s handle as she approached the trio slowly, accompanied by some stronger soldiers that begun to sprint towards them, ready to annihilate them. Georgine placed Utopix aside as she tried to open the circular entrance that was encaged by some bars. Without her Zoulex magic, it’d be too late once she opened it. Otu observed the situation placed upon him... and he knew what he had to do. He crouched down once again to look at Utopix.

“Utopix...”

The robot looked up at the other, terribly afraid out of his mind.

“Ever since I was created, I had only one purpose and it was to destroy you but...” his hand reached for his, placing it on his armed chest. “...nothing says that I can’t change that.”

“O-Otu...?” Utopix’s voice trembled at his words, getting embraced by the counterpart who whispered some words... some unique words... in his ear, making him widen his eyes and sob out of control. “N-Nghh...”

The other then stood up, lasering the entrance to then pushed it down the entrance for the two to go in. “You two go! Now! I’ll hold them back!”

“What about you?” Georgine, whom had scooped Utopix once again, asked as if there was any concern within her.

“...I’ll be fine.” Otu faintly grinned, winking at Utopix as tears formed on the dark one’s eyes.  “N-No... O-Otu, don’t! Georgine, wait! We can't--!”

“I’m sorry, sweetheart.” Georgine slid down the vent with him as they saw Otu fight against the soldiers, miserably failing... nearly on purpose.

“OTU!” Utopix cried out upon his last sight. Memories tragically playing back.

Catra looked at Otu who was held back by two of the soldiers. Her expression lacked emotion, but her heart was enraged.

“You...” he weakly spoke. “...won’t... g-get anywhere near him now.”

Catra stood quiet for a second, slowly blinked, until she committed her action. Her claws rapidly ran across Otu’s face, making him bleed badly as he got dragged back to Lord Hordak’s lab... awaiting the same fate that Utopix meant to have.

Eventually, the power couple was launched onto the pile of junk behind the Fright Zone. Once Georgine recovered her balance, she helped Utopix stand up who shivered under the harsh place’s cold. She drew her armor back to take her hoodie off and wrapped it around the innocent one who begun to cry without saying anything else. 

“Oh, love...” she hugged him, meaning to keep him warm as well. “Come on. We have to go.”

Just as the two were faintly walking around the Whispering Woods, they met with the princesses accompanied by She-Ra, Swift Wind and the others who were about to go and save them. 

“Georgine! Utopix!” Adora untransformed and ran towards the two, hugging them as if she hadn't seen them in years. “A-Are you okay?”

Utopix kept himself quiet at the question, lowering his head in sadness. Adora could just only frown at his lack of response, but not knowing what it meant.

Georgine placed a hand on her shoulder to draw her attention. “Otu... Utopix’s counterpart... saved him from Catra.”

The others far behind still managed to hear, frowning and covering their mouths in dread. Adora could just only press her forehead against Utopix’s to attempt to comfort him of his pain. 

Chapter 2: Trail of Light

"And then we went through the portal and- BOOM! All white, no noise." Gabriel dramatically reenacted their arrival. Bow was simply mesmerized by it, unlike Glimmer and Adora, but it was something that they've gotten used to.

"He's not... smart, is he?" Adora leaned near Glimmer's ear and whispered her concern.

"You're all from another dimension!?" Bow's eyes seemed to form stars. "You might have gotten here after what happened with-" Adora placed a hand on his shoulder to prevent him from speaking any longer. "...after something that happened here."

"Seems like it." Georgine crossed her arms over the metal plate on her chest. "What is this place exactly?"

"You're on Etheria. You never heard of it?" Bow shook his head at the last sentence.

"Should I?" Georgine's hand rested on Utopix's hip who was sitting on her lap for safe measure.

"Georgine! I-I'm so sorry, Your Majesty. Georgine is a little bit... stubborn on foreign grounds," Makena apologized to Glimmer who was holding her father's staff at all times, giving the clear impression that she was royalty.

"It's okay. We just wanna know one thing," Glimmer pointed the staff at them, holding it with both hands to avoid it from slipping off. "Are you from the Horde?"

"The Horde? Are we supposed to know what that means too?" Georgine interfered again.

"Your Majesty..." Oliver softly spoke, catching Glimmer's attention at his addressing. "We- I think that.. whatever happened here, it's what brought us here. If you gimme enough material, I'm sure I can find a way to recreate whatever brought us here and-"

Glimmer stomped her staff on the floor, creating a loud sound to catch their attention. "Recreate!? That... THING nearly killed us all if it wasn't for..." Tears began to form on her eyes, keeping her head low to avoid the others from looking. "Y-You are to stay in our sights, until we find out how to get you back home. Dismissed." Her voice trailed off at her last wish, going back to her room and out of the strangers' sights.

"I-I... I'm sorry. Did we say something?" Utopix stood up, making Georgine scoot forward to analyze his next move.

Adora's breath shook at his question, but after regaining whatever strength she had in her, she answered his inner doubts. "Glimmer's mom... Queen Angela... she..." her palm wiped the sudden tears, feeling it all play again in her head. Bow stood near his friend, caressing her shoulders and speaking for her. Utopix's heart sinked on their actions, knowing perfectly what it meant.

"She sacrificed herself to save us all from Etheria being destroyed by a portal that the Horde created. It... hasn't been that long." Bow lowered his head, sighing in defeat.

Utopix didn't know why he also started shredding tears. Maybe because he related to their pain in a deeper level. "I-I understand... M-My mom... also- k-kinda..."

Once Georgine noticed Utopix's voice dragging off, she quickly stood up, embracing him as much as she could to prevent him from crying. "It's okay, baby," she sweetly whispered in his ear as he began sobbing.

"Did something similar happened to you?" Bow's eyebrows furrowed, imagining the same scenario.

"His mom helped him escape his planet from an evil queen months ago. He landed in our... province by accident, but she followed him and we've trying to defeat her ever since." Gabriel explained to the best of his ability. "He isn't sure, but he thinks that his mom... might be gone. But we are gonna be here for him even if it isn't true."

Bow glanced at Adora whom had finished wiping her tears to exchange a quick smile. "We'll try to help you get back home, but we may have to fill you in a few things."

Gabriel's eyes sparkled as he squeezed Oliver's arm in excitement. "They're gonna tell us more about their planet."

"I don't think I got your names," Bow smiled at them, attempting to lighten the mood a little. "I'm Bow, and this is Adora."

"I'm Gabriel! Master of Illustration and Poetry!" Gabriel posed as if he was a superhero of some kind.

"Fanfiction isn't poetry, Gabriel." Oliver interfered.

"That's what you think!"

Makena stood up, chuckling at their comments. "I'm Makena, and this is Oliver. That's Georgine, as you know already. And Utopix. An artificex, a robot species."

"A robot!? Like- from space?" Bow nearly squeaked.

"Is that why the Queen is following him?" Adora crossed her arms, taking a closer inspection at Utopix.

"No, no, no. You see- they are all robots. But the Queen wants him dead because his family committed treason against the Queen!" Gabriel commented once again. "Isn't that exciting?"

"Uhh..." Adora awkwardly smiled. "Bow, does this make sense to you?"

"Absolutely," he nodded in approval.

After hours of explaining and exchanging adventures, though avoiding the word of She-Ra for safe measure, they had finally begun setting in their guest rooms. "Utopix can stay in Glimmer's room and Georgine can stay in the-" Adora begun assigning their rooms but was interrupted by Georgine's sudden handling.

"I don't think so," she held Utopix close to her body. "I'm not going to leave Utopix near that... thing."

"You mean Shadow Weaver?" Adora whispered, wanting to avoid to summon her in any way possible. "Look- I get it. I don't trust her that much either, but you don't have to wo-"

"I appreciate your concern, Adurhra-"

"Adora," she grunted.

"Adora."  Georgine's eyes narrowed at her semi confrontation. "But if something happens to him-"

"I can assure you that he'll be okay."

"Under what grounds, Adora?" Georgine stepped forward, meaning to establish her position and territory in front of the other tan-haired girl. "Because so far it seems like you and your friends can't seem to handle problems."

"You'd be surprised of what we can do together."

"Like what? Putting others in dangers for the sake of survival?"

Adora's body stood still at her words, letting Utopix know that he needed to interfere. "G-Georgie... S-Stop it."

Once Georgine felt Utopix's hands upon hers, she allowed her body to feel more loose, kissing his hand before retiring to a place far away from the individual she found suspicious.

"...A-Adora, I'm so sorry. I-I've barely have known Georgine for some months, but I don't know why she's so... harsh at times."

"No, I'm- used to it. I used to think like that a long time ago. Plus, I don't blame her. Being suddenly trapped in a place that you don't know can be... annoying."

Utopix lowered his head in disappointment. "I-I understand if you're upset, Adora."

"Oh, no, no!" she waved her arms around, clarifying the misunderstanding that the one in front of her had. "You're... uhh... great." Adora awkwardly chuckled, letting her hands rest upon her hips.

"Thank you," Utopix returned the welcoming smile, leaving her to her inner delight to find Georgine.

=================

"Why do we have to do his dirty work again?"

"Come on, Catra. Don't look at this as a bad thing! Think of it as a chance for us to have a bonding experience!"

"Whatever keeps you sane, I guess."

Catra smacked a tree branch down as she and Scorpia were wandering through the woods. Apparently Hordak had detected some sort of huge energy reading over at Bright Moon and decided to make Catra's life even more annoying by sending her and Scorpia to check it out. She had smack talked him earlier, saying how if he found it so super important that he should go check it out,  but he couldn't resist weaponizing her last failure, twisting this mission into a chance to "redeem herself" or some bullshit like that. There wasn't much she could do against that, so she grabbed Scorpia and stormed out of the Fright Zone before Hordak could utter another peep.

The branch decided to add salt to the wound by flinging itself right back at her. Catra was thrown back a bit by the impact, landing onto the ground with all the grace of a new born gazelle. "Let me help you up," Scorpia held her hand out.

Catra let out an annoyed growl before reluctantly accepting the help. She could have gotten up just fine, but the last thing she needed was another thing for Scorpia to be moping about.

"You wonder how Entrapta is doing?" Scorpia asked.

"Probably struggling to survive, if I had to guess." Catra ducked under the branch this time.

"She's smarter than that, don'tcha think?" Scorpia countered. "I mean, you saw all the tech she made for the Horde. She's probably managed to build some sort of super amazing device to help her tame the beasts!"

"No one who gets sent to Beast Island manages to last for long," Catra stated. "Whenever a trainee would slip up a lot, they'd get threatened to be sent off to the Island as a punishment for their failures. Once you get sent there, you don't come back."

Kinda like Adora after encountering that stupid magic sword.

"I guess you have point..." Scorpia sighed. She went silent after that. Good. One less thing to get on Catra's nerves.

The two continued in silence, twisting and turning around the trees; Catra didn't want to deal with any more branches wacking back at her. As much as she wanted to stop and just relax away from Hordak and any other bothersome Horde leaders, she wanted to get this stupid mission over first. Besides, she could relax once Hordak was off her back. She knew all the nooks and crannies of the Fright Zone like the back of her hand.

The clearing finally ended, and the way too sparkly Bright Moon finally was in sight. Catra chose to weave around the edge of the forest, not wanting to get caught by any Moon guards. The last thing she needed was more hell to deal with.

She heard some footsteps and quickly ducked behind the trees, pulling Scorpia's massive body next to her so she wouldn't blow their cover.

"What's going on?" Scorpia whispered.

"That's what I'm trying to figure out, genius. Now stay quiet or you'll get us caught!"

Catra turned in the direction of the footsteps. She saw one person with a sweep of dirty blond hair covering one side of their head, the other side shaved. There appeared to be piercing on their ears. Next to them, there was someone with short, black hair along with strange bright green marks under their eyes.

"Who are they?" Scorpia asked, placing her head on top of Catra's, letting out a single gasp. "Is that Adora's twin? I can't handle two of them, let alone, one!"

"No clue. But whoever they are, they made things a lot more interesting."

Maybe there was something to gain out of this journey.

Moments had gone by, and Georgine's mind had wondered off elsewhere. It hadn't been hours since they crashed into the harmless dimension and her discomfort grew stronger wherever she went. But she was clearly not paying attention to her surroundings, despite how beautiful they were to the human eye.

"Georgie?" Utopix's fingers caressed her clenched fist, his voice sweetly trailed into her ears, snapping her back to reality. "It's okay. We'll get back home soon." His reassurance was misplaced, but it was still genuine.

"That's not what I'm worried about, hun."

"I-I don't think Adora and the others want to hurt us. They all seem really nice."

"It's not her who I'm concerned about, Uto." Georgine's eyes glanced around the castle, placing Utopix between her and the balcony's fence. "It's that... lady." She looked down at Shadow Weaver from the balcony they were standing at.

"I-I thought it was Takara at first... It scared me."

"I'm just curious as to why they have her around just like that," she let out a long disappointed sigh. "Just... stay near me, okay?"

"And you try to be more nice to them," Utopix's eyebrows furrowed upon his request.

"Hey." Georgine felt offended on his sudden comment.

"I-I mean it, Georgie. They let us stay here and... I can tell that they've gone through a lot... just like we have."

Georgine's eyes slightly rolled around, but after reconsidering her motifs, she accepted. "Fine."

"Plus, this place looks gorgeous! I wonder what's beyond it!"

"Fine, fine. Maybe we can go together."

Adora's eyes laid on the pair of lovebirds as a slight grin adorned her face. Interactions of this kind reminded her of a time she spent with a certain grouchy cat back on the Horde. But she wanted to keep her mind off of things... not after what happened.

"Ugh!" Mermista's voice groaned as usual after Adora and Bow explained what had happened. "Why can't we just have a normal day for once?"

"Well, I think it's wonderful!" Perfuma's hands happily clapped together.

Frosta's expression scrunched as she stared at Adora and Georgine multiple times, clearly making them uncomfortable, but what could they expect from a 11-and-three-quarters-child. Suddenly, a gasp escaped her mouth, making them back away. "Are you TWINS!?"

"Frosta! Come on!" Adora roared at her expression. "She looks nothing like me."

"Tsk." Georgine crossed her arms upon her chest.

Gabriel was hit by another epiphany. "What if we're here because she's your lost twin and destiny has brought you together!?"

"Gabriel! Come on!" Georgine similarly roared at the other's comment.

"Yeah, sure. Noooooo similar at all." Mermista rolled her eyes, laying against her tall chair with little care.

"We just need to infiltrate into the Horde to find some tech for Oliver to create a small portal for them to go back to their dimension." Bow explained as he displayed said plan on the giant holographic screen. "He knows what to do to avoid it from becoming unsteady, so we have to be careful when we go there."

"I'll go!" Utopix raised his hand like a kindergarten kid.

"No, my love." Georgine kissed his forehead, raising his chin to let him meet her eyes. "I need you to stay here with Makena and the other princesses. We'll just be in and out."

"But... y-you asked me to stay near you."

Georgine lowly chuckled at his comeback, sending chills down his sensitive spine. "Not in this situation, my love."

"Okay, so-" Glimmer swiped the screen to a red toned one. "Adora, Georgine, Bow, and I will be in Team A. Team B will be Gabriel, Mermista and-"

"Ugh!" Mermista interrupted with her whining. "Not those sewers again."

Glimmer's eye twitched at her reaction and after a single exhale got back to explaining. "Gabriel, Mermista and Oliver will be Team B to help him get the supplies. Team A will help distract the Horde long enough for Team B to go unnoticed. Perfuma and Frosta will stay here with Utopix and Makena in case the Horde decides to do any sudden attacks during our absence. In the meantime-"

"Did somebody said Swift Wind?" Swift Wind's hair marvelously waved around as he barged into the room and the meeting.

Gabriel nearly lost all of the breath in his lung once he contemplated the mystical creature. "It's a- I-It's a-!" He gasped multiple times before collapsing into Oliver's arms.

Swift Wind huffed as he approached the table. "...Okay- uh... who let him in?" His ears perked up once he saw Adora and Georgine together. "Oh. My. Goodness. Adora! You-!"

"We are not twins!" Adora and Georgine exclaimed in unison.

"Yeah." Swift Wind scoffed, smirking at their common response. "Pff. Sure."

"That's what I was saying!" Frosta pouted like the child she was, crossing her arms to add onto her passive anger.

"If you're not twins, then I am not the oh-so-loyal and gorgeous steed of She-!" Adora shut his giant mouth and shushed him, preventing him from revealing their secret, but it wasn't enough for Georgine to begin raising suspicions about her.

Night finally fell upon Etheria, allowing everyone inside the Bright Moon castle to finally rest. Glimmer was still helping Utopix accommodate the bed to his liking. Her fists would gently fluff the pillows, delicately placing them on the bed near the window. "A-Are you sure it's okay for Georgine and me to sleep in your room?" Utopix asked, holding one of the pillows near him.

"Yeah, don't worry! It'll be fun to sleep with Adora and Bow! A Best Friends Squad sleepover!"

Utopix sweetly giggled at the name of her gang. But after sitting near the edge of that bed, that same smile quickly faded away. "...I-I'm sorry about your mom."

Glimmer's hands stopped fixing the bed. Tears beginning to form on the corner of her eyes. Her saddened expression laid upon him, observing his timid behavior act up once again.

"I-I know it must be hard hearing it... but I... I-I lost mine, too." Utopix begun to shred tears, quietly sobbing to himself. "S-She.. also saved me from something... but I-I miss her..."

Glimmer let out a single sob before wiping the small tears that threatened to roll down her face. "I miss mine too... but they'd both want us to be strong. To live." The purple princess sat near the robot, placing a hand upon his cheek in a desperate attempt to comfort him. "And we can not let both of their sacrifices go to waste." Her constant-sparkling purple eyes gazed into the tiniest sparkle within his, her hand still resting ceaselessly on his tender cheek. "So, let's live. For them."

Utopix's eyes were filled by tears once again at the sound of her words. "Oh, G-Glimmer..." His body squeezed hers into a tight hug, her arms returning the pleasant gesture to the other, gently caressing his back as he cried his heart out. After there were no tears left to cry, they gently let go of each other and exchanged a warm smile amongst them.

"Hey. How about we go for some ice cream? That always cheers me up!" Glimmer happily suggested.

"C-Can we?" Utopix wiped his tears away, letting out a giggle on the process.

"Of course! I can easily teleport there so there's no problem!"

Their sweet laughs made Georgine smile who was leaning against the door frame, unnoticed.

Yet, thousands of miles away, Catra had delivered the news to Hordak, alerting him of the two strangers for good measure. She could have kept it to herself, but she didn't want him stepping on her toes any longer... not after finding someone more valuable to her own use.